SUP Graphic Design Competition on Desall.com: Bestway and Desall invite you to design the new decorative graphics for stand up paddle boards with Hydro-force brand.
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Stand up paddle (SUP) is a water sport, which was born as a variant of surfing that imposes standing on a board (similar to the surfing one but with more volume to support the athlete’s weight), using a paddle for propulsion.
Bestway invites you to look for a new style for its Hydro-force sub-brand, in particular by designing the new decorative graphics of the “Oceana” and “Acqua Glider” SUP boards. For further information and to watch a video about the Hydro-force products, please refer to the Material files attached to the contest.
Product typology:
SUP board is composed of 3 design areas, top surface, bottom surface e side rail.
The top surface features a series of elements, such as elastic ropes, handles, metal D-rings and valves, while the bottom surface has a tail fin. For more details on the elements on the board, please refer to the “Design sheet” file attached to the Material files.
Furthermore, the Top surface features non-skid pad (cannot be visible in the “Design sheet” file), this is the only element you can integrate into the graphic design of the board project, working on its shapes, colours and texture. For constraints related to the mat, please refer to the paragraph “Colours”.
The graphics have to pay the greatest attention to detail, be tech, sporty and professional. The final result will not have to be in line with the style of the range currently in the catalogue, so you are invited to develop a new graphic style from scratch, which stands out from the competition in terms of style, shapes and colours.
Your proposal must have 2 graphics, one applied to the “Oceana” structure model and the other one applied to the structure of “Acqua Glider” both inserted inside the “Design sheet” file attached to the Material files.
In order to underline the versatility of proposed graphics, for each submitted project you can show at your choice:
– two chromatic versions of the same graphic;
or
– two different versions, which can be visually referable to the same collection.
Style: your design should follow a sporty, tech, active and unisex style that can attract both men and women, sporty or not. The values that will have to emerge can refer to concepts such as: “Wildness”, “freedom”, “nature”, “discover” by conveying a series of messages such as: “Free your soul”, “Get in touch with the nature and relax”, etc.
The subjects can be both abstract and figurative, the output must necessarily be a vector file, so the use of pictures is not allowed.
The design must be original, therefore the use of graphic stock material is not permitted, even if free from licensing restrictions.
Colours: the colours should be pertinent to the sports world, preferably bright, therefore avoid pastel shades.
As regards the graphics that will be applied to the board there are no limits to the number of colours that can be proposed, the only limitation concerns the non-skid pad, for which it is necessary to provide simple graphics (max 5 colours) avoiding too elaborate patterns. Indeed, this part is composed of assembled pieces with different shapes, so an excessive complexity would make the production process too complicated.
Logo: You are invited to insert the Hydro-force (HF) logo attached to the Material files integrating it as much as possible within the graphic proposal and respecting the company style guides. (“HF_StyleGuide_2021”).
Target: The target audience is the sport-loving adult. The reference market is the mass market, so the design should not be overly sought after, but suitable for a wide target group, made up of beginners and non-beginners. The product will be sold all over the world and the sales channels will include both shops specializing in sports goods and large general distribution.
Target support and print typologies: your solutions will be printed by Screen printing or Roller printing for the base of the board. For the non-skid pad part, the coloured parts in EVA mat will be assembled.
The printing production process does not allow a perfect alignment of the side rails with the top surface and the bottom surface. Therefore, we do not recommend applying graphics continuously on all three surfaces, from the top to the rail to the bottom, to avoid misalignment.
If it is functional to the graphics, the positioning of elastic ropes, handles, metal D-rings can be slightly modified .The valves, on the other hand, cannot be moved from their original position.
Required materials: For the development and presentation of your graphics, you are invited to use the template provided inside the Material files including front, back and side views. For each project submitted, you should show two variants, one applied to the structure of the “Oceana” template and one applied to the structure of “Acqua Glider”.
All material inside the template “Design sheet” must be sent in vector format, so will not be accepted proposals only in raster format (jpeg, png, tiff).
The template must be attached through the .ZIP archive from the upload page as additional material and must be indicated inside of it all the colours used for each proposal (in CMYK or Pantone values) at the bottom of the page.
Evaluation criteria: in the evaluation of your submissions Bestway will take into account the following criteria:
Aesthetic quality 5/5
Versatility (possibility to create a collection) 5/5
Technical feasibility 4/5
Innovation degree 4/5
Brand Compliance 1/5
Language: since we are an international Community, all texts provided with your uploads (abstract, description, tags, etc.) should be written in English.
Awards:- €2000 total
Deadline:- 16-02-2021
